Archive - State and Local of Left Future

Ranked Choice Voting In NYC is Succeeding Exactly as Intended

Even If Cuomo Wins, it along with campaign finance reform has created a City he won't be able to dominate like he did Albany

Jun 23 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

January 2024

We Need to Be Angrier About State Taxes Than We Are

Progressives Tend to Focus Tax Fairness Debates at the Federal Level - but Tax Inequity in the States Poisons the Whole Debate on Tax and Spending…

Jan 23, 2024 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

May 2023

SCOTUS Opens the Door to Blue States Fighting Child Labor in Red States

Blue states could potentially push up minimum wage & enviro standards across the country using new Court decision

May 15, 2023 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

February 2023

DeSantis Hates Local Democracy

If DeSantis Gets the GOP Nomination, his crushing of local democratic institutions in Florida should headline opposition attacks on his record

Feb 8, 2023 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

January 2023

Forget DC, the Trifecta Democratic States should Drive the 2024 Election Message

GOP has used state policy to drive national politics for decades; Dems need to use their Trifecta state to show what Dems actually do in office

Jan 23, 2023 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

November 2022

Medical Debt Relief Won Big in Arizona- and Should Have Been Part of National Dem Messaging

Beyond Abortion, Dems Needed More Local Issues to Define the National Election- and Medical Debt Relief Could Have Been One

Nov 9, 2022 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

February 2022

New Prospect Piece on How Regionalism Can Drive Affordable Housing - and a Summary of My Related Pieces this Past Year

If you want housing, the same people building transit and coordinating job creation need to be involved. And I link it to my overall writing on…

Feb 5, 2022 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

November 2021

New Nation Piece: The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough

It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.

Nov 19, 2021 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

October 2021

Replace the MTA & Port Authority with a Democratically Elected Regional Government

State government undermining of urban power is not limited to red states; New York is a perfect example of a state govt long ignoring local transit…

Oct 17, 2021 •

Nathan Newman 🧭

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